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House moves a package of must‑pass and technical bills, from appropriations to redistricting fixes
Summary
After major debate on the equalization bill, the House cleared a batch of must‑pass, technical and policy bills — including appropriations for disability research, motor‑vehicle code fixes, FLSA conformity, and technical reapportionment amendments — sending them to the Senate or placing them on the third‑reading calendar.
Following extended debate on capital equalization, the House handled a succession of committee reports, must‑pass items and technical measures, advancing several bills to the Senate and the third‑reading calendar.
Representative Fransen asked members to support substitute House Bill 306, an appropriation of $475,000 to preserve federal funds for the Center for Persons with Disabilities; sponsors said failure to act risked losing roughly $4 million in federal support, and the bill passed on voice/roll call (59–0).
Representative Bodley explained House Bill 480, a repealer tied to recent recodification of motor vehicle statutes, saying the measure removes duplicate sections left by a recodification process; HB 480 and related technical fixes passed and will be referred to the Senate.
Representative Bradshaw and others presented housekeeping measures including technical amendments to state officer compensation (HB 321), the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act amendments (HB 310) and collection/co‑ordination bills (HB 348). Representative Short presented House Bill 350 on legislative compensation and House Joint Resolution 29 to adjust per diem; both were debated and passed.
Representative Goodfellow explained an information technology bill (HB 453) designed to require departmental planning and reduce duplication; the measure passed and will go to the Senate.
The House also debated and passed a liability‑limiting bill for equine activities (HB 362) after questions about scope and negligence, and advanced other bills on the third-reading calendar. Multiple bills recorded unanimous or lopsided support, indicating wide bipartisan movement on several must‑pass items.
